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PostLondon 2012 - Thank you for an incredible Summer
by Monkey Man » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:42 am

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Latest news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/

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Sunday: Anthony Joshua wins Gold in the men's super-heavyweight final against Roberto Cammarelle of Italy. Fred Evans lost in his fight in the men's welterweight final against Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan so wins a Silver medal. Samantha Murray won Silver in the Modern Pentathlon. The United States Basketball paupers beat Spain in the men's final. Scott Overall runs in the marathon at 11am. Liam Killeen suffered a suspected broken ankle after 7km in his third Olympic cross-country mountain bike event.

Previous days:-

Saturday: Mo Farah won Gold in the men's 5,000m final. Britain's Luke Campbell beat John Joe Nevin of Ireland to win Gold in the bantamweight (56kg) final. Ed McKeever won Gold in the men's K1 200m Canoe sprint final. Tom Daley won Bronze in the men's 10m individual platform final. Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield won Bronze in the final of the men's K2. Great Britain lost to Australia men in the Hockey Bronze medal match. Annie Last finished 8th on the Hadleigh Farm course of mountain bike cross-country. Nick Woodbridge failed to medal in the Modern Pentathlon along with Sam Weale. Usain Bolt lead Jamaica to the 4x100m relay title and a new World Record. Jess Walker failed to medal in the women's K1 200m Canoe sprint final. Brazil lost to Mexico 2-1 in the men's Football Gold medal match.
Friday: Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell win Silver in the men's 470. Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills also win Silver in the women's 470 level at the top of the standings with New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie. In Boxing, middleweight Anthony Ogogo loses his semi-final so wins a Bronze medal. Great Britain beat New Zealand women 3-1 in the Hockey to win Bronze. Elsewhere, Three British men have the chance to guarantee at least silver medals as the semi-finals take place at the ExCel. Bantamweight Luke Campbell beats Japan's Satoshi Shimizu, welterweight Fred Evans is up against Ukraine's Taras Shelestyuk at 9.30pm and super-heavyweight Anthony Joshua takes on Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan 10.45pm. Lutalo Muhammad, who came through a weeks-long, much-publicised selection dispute at the expense of Aaron Cook, fights in the men's -80kg Olympic taekwondo category and won his 1st bout but lost his quarter-final so no medal for him. Sarah Stevenson, looking to come back from a knee injury in the women's -67kg lost her 1st bout and will not fight for a medal. Shanaze Reade came 6th in her BMX final. Fellow Briton Liam Phillips crashed out of the men's final. Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman race in the women's 1500m final at 8.55pm. Steve Lewis goes in the pole vault at 7pm and Sophie Hitchon in the hammer final at 7.35pm, the relays continue with the finals of the women's 4x100m at 8.40pm and the men's 4x400m at 9.20pm, and the Jamaicans are expected to star in the first round of the men's 4x100m at 7.45pm. Daniel Fogg failed to medal in the 10km Marathon swimming.

Thursday: GB's Nicola Adams wins Gold to become the sport's first-ever Olympic Boxing champion. In Taekwondo Jade Jones wins Gold in the women's 57kgs. Charlotte Dujardin gets Gold and Laura Bechtolsheimer gets Bronze in the individual dressage. Usain Bolt wins the men's 200m final. Keri-Anne Payne finishes 4th in the women's 10km marathon open-water swimming. Sailing postponed today - Great Britain's Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell are guaranteed at least silver in sailing's 470 class on Thursday but could go one better if the otherwise-dominant Australian crew of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have an off-day. Martin Stamper wins his 1st 2 bouts in the men's -68kgs but loses his semi-final and Bronze medal match. Rachel Cawthorn finishes 6th in the K1 500m sprint canoe final. GB face Holland in their Hockey semi-final at 8pm. David Rudisha won the men's 800m final with a World Recxord, Britain's Andrew Osagie came last but with a personal best. In the Women's Football final with USA beat Japan 2-1.
Wednesday: Scott Brash, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton miss out on medals in the individual Showjumping Olympic title. At 8pm GB women v Argentina in their Hockey semi-final. Leeds flyweight Nicola Adams beat Mary Kom in their semi-final boxing match. Light-welterweight Tom Stalker is up against Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg of Mongolia at 10pm with at least a bronze guaranteed for the winner. Tim Brabants missed out on a medal in the men's K1 Canoe sprint final. Great Britain's Jess Walker, Rachel Cawthorn, Angela Hannah and Louisa Sawers failed to get a medal in the K4 500m final. Mo Farah qualified in the heats of the 5,000m. Usain Bolt qualified easily for the men's 200m final. Shanaze Reade's Seeding run seeded 5th and Liam Phillips seeded 12th in BMX. Great Britain's Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman qualified for the final of the women's 1500m. British women's 470 crew Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark guaranteed themselves an Olympic medal and will battle New Zealand for gold on Friday.
Tuesday: Sir Chris Hoy wins Gold in the men's keirin and becomes GBs No 1 Olympian. Laura Trott wins Gold in the Omnium. Alistair Brownlee wins Gold and his younger brother Jonny wins Bronze in Triathlon. Britain's dressage team of Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin win Gold in the team event. Victoria Pendleton wins Silver in the women's individual sprint. Nick Dempsey wins Silver in the men's RS:X (windsurfing). Robbie Grabarz wins a Bronze medal in the men's high jump final. Lawrence Okoye fails to medal in the discus final. Usain Bolt strolled into the next round of the of the 200m, while Britain's Phillips Idowu failed to qualify for the triple jump final. Great Britain's Hockey men qualify for the semi-finals. In Boxing Andrew Selby fights at loses and Freddie Evans wins.
Monday: Britain's showjumping quartet of Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles win Gold. Jason Kenny wins Gold in the men's individual sprint. Beth Tweddle wins Bronze in the women's uneven bars. Dai Greene finishes 4th in the men's 400m hurdles final. Holly Bleasdale misses out on a medal in the women's pole vault final. Kristian Thomas failed to win a medal in the Men's Vault Final. In the Quarter-finals of the boxing Nicola Adams wins, Natasha Jonas loses, Savannah Marshall loses, Anthony Ogogo wins and Anthony Joshua wins. Victoria Pendleton continues her individual sprint campaign, cruising into the semi-finals. Great Britain's women Hockey team lose 2-1 to Olympic champions the Netherlands but China lost to Japan in the afternoon so GB are in the semi-finals. Laura Trott leads after Day 1 of the Women's Omnium.
Sunday: Andy Murray won Gold in the men's singles final and he and Laura Robson lost in the mixed doubles final to win Silver. In Sailing Ben Ainslie wins Gold to become the most decorated Olympic sailor ever. GB's Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Silver in their Olympic Star Sailing event. Christine Ohuruogu wins Silver in the women's 400m final. Louis Smith wins Silver and Max Whitlock Bronze on the Pommel Horse in the apparatus finals. Ed Clancy wins Bronze the multi-discipline omnium. Bolt wins the 100m in 9.63 secs with Blake 2nd and Gatlin 3rd. Yamile Aldama finishes 5th in the women's triple jump. Victoria Pendleton moved in to the Quarter-finals. Jason Kenny moved in to the next round of the Men's Sprint. Women's boxing makes its Olympic debut with three excellent British medal hopes in the shape of Natasha Jonas who wins 21-13 with Nicola Adams and Savannah Marshall getting a bye to the next round. For the Men, Luke Campbell wins his quarter-final and gets a guaranteed Bronze medal. In Men's Hockey GB and Australia draw 3-3 after a GB comeback from 3-0 down.
Saturday: Jessica Ennis wins Gold in the women's heptathlon. Mo Farah gets 10,000m gold. Gerg Rutherford wins Gold in the Long Jump. Britain's women's team pursuit trio of Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott win Gold. Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory get Gold in the Men's Four in rowing. Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking in the women's lightweight boat win Gold. Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter win Silver in the men's lightweight double scull. Fran Halsall misses out for a medal in the women's 50m freestyle final. British world champion Helen Jenkin's comes 5th in the women's triathlon. Serena Williams thrashes Maria Sharapova in the women's tennis final. Andy Murray and Laura Robson win their mixed doubles semi-final against Germany's Christopher Kas and Sabine Lisicki on Saturday. Usain Bolt started his 100m defence at 12.30pm in the heats. Jason Kenny in the Men's Sprint got through the 1/8 finals easily. GB Men's Football team lose on penalties against South Korea. In Boxing Tom Stalker won his fight in the Round of 16.
Friday: Victoria Pendleton wins Gold in the Keirin event. Geraint Thomas leads the British men's team pursuiters to Gold. Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins win Gold in the women's double sculls and there are 2 Bronzes for Alan Campbell in the men's single sculls and George Nash/William Satch in the Men's rowing pair. Karina Bryant also wins Bronze in her Judo Bronze medal match. Rebecca Adlington picks up a Bronze in the 800m. Jessica Ennis leads after the 1st day in the Heptathlon. In Football Britain's women take on Canada for a place in the semi-finals at 7.45pm inside the City of Coventry Stadium. Murray beats Novak Djokovic to set up final with Fed. Freddie Evans won in the boxing and Andrew Selby fights at 9.15pm. Ben Ainslie is 2nd going into the final race.
Thursday: Peter Wilson, the world record holder and world number two gets Gold in Shooting. In the men's canoe double final Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott get Gold and Richard Hounslow and David Florence get Silver. Men's lightweight four of Richard Chambers, Peter Chambers, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley got a Silver medal. Gemma Gibbons reaches the final of the Judo nd wins a Silver. Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton are disqualified from the Women's Team Sprint and in the Men's final GB win Gold. Anthony Ogogo beats the World No 1 and Josh Taylor becomes the 1st GB boxer to lose in a 15-10 loss.. Andy Murray won in the singles tennis.
Wednesday: Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win Gold in the rowing women's pair. Also in rowing the Men's 8 win a Bronze. In the women's individual time-trial Armistead gets 10th and Pooley 6th. Bradley Wiggins won Gold in men's individual time trial, team-mate Chris Froome got Bronze. Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis, men's 200m breaststroke at 7.30pm. The British pair qualified first and third from the semi-finals, raising hopes of a second swimming medal in the pool for the home nation, while Jemma Lowe has an outside chance in the women's 200m butterfly final at 8.12pm. At 4.30 Dan Purvis is a genuine medal contender in the Men's gymnastics individual all-around event. In boxing Luke Campbell fights at 8.30pm and at 11.15pm Anthony Joshua fights as well. The men's football team plays Uruguay at 7.45pm needing a draw to progress.
Tuesday: Equestrian Team GB win Silver medal. Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow finish 5th in the women's synchronised 10m platform. World No1 David Florence fails to make the canoe final. Laura Robson loses to Sharapova in the tennis. Women's hockey team win 5-3. GB women's football beat Brazil 1-0.
Basketball men v Brazil 16:45, football women v Brazil 19:45, handball men v Sweden 14:30, hockey women v South Korea 16:00, volleyball men v Australia 20:00, water polo men v Serbia 18:20.
Monday: Tom Daley with partner Pete Waterfield get 4th in the men's 10m platform synchro event. Britain's men's gymnasts get a Bronze, they originally got silver but moved to Bronze following an appeal.
Sunday: Lizzie Armitstead won Britain's first medal of the 2012 Olympics as Netherlands' Marianne Vos claimed gold in the women's road race on Day Two. Rebecca Adlington won Bronze in the toughest of her 2 events. Paula Radcliffe will not compete in the marathon at the London 2012 Olympics due to a foot injury. Mens's GB football team beat UAE 3-1. Ben Ainslie is pleased with his "solid" start after scoring two second places behind Dane Jonas Hogh-Christensen in the first two races on the opening day of the Olympic regatta in Weymouth. Team GB Men's Basketball lost 95-75 to Russia. Gymnast Beth Tweddle produced one of the best routines of her life to top qualifying for the Olympic uneven bars final inside the North Greenwich Arena. Rebecca Tunney, the youngest Briton at the Olympics at 15, won a place in Thursday's all-around final as GB qualified fifth for the team final. Fred Evans comfortably wins in the boxing as well as Josh Taylor. Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier fail at Badminton doubles. Colin Oates loses in the 1/4 at Judo. Murray wins in the tennis. US basketball win 98-72 against France.
Saturday: Mark Cavendish/GB fails at Road Race. Hannah Miley finishes 5th in Women's 400m Individual Medley final, GB Women's 4x100m Freestyle finish 5th. Mens team in Archery eliminated. 1st GB Boxer Anthony Ogogo wins opening bout. GB Women's football beat Cameroon 3-0. Loche wins 400m medley beating Phelps into 4th. Murray brothers out of tennis doubles. Great Britain's male gymnasts qualified in third place for Monday's team final and secured five places in individual finals on an unprecedented opening day. The result is the finest for Britain's men in modern gymnastics history.
Opening ceremony highlights - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19022259
Friday: Archery started at 9am (takes place behind closed doors at Lords) with the Opening Ceremony at 9pm.
Thursday: Mens Football - Great Britain 1-1 vs Senegal. Hon 2-2 Mor, Mex 0-0 S Korea, Spain 0-1 Jpn, Uru 2-1 UAE, GAB 1-1 SWI, Bel 1-0 NZ & BRA 3-2 Egypt.
Wednesday: Womens Football - Great Britain win 1-0 vs New Zealand. Bra 5-0 Cam, Japan 2-1 Can, Swe 4-1 SA, USA 4-2 Fra, Col 0-2 North Korea.


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Motto: Inspire a Generation
Nations: 204
Athletes: 10,500
Events: 302 in 26 sports and 39 disciplines

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1. The official London 2012 site provides a grid and list view of all events - http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/
2. Wikipedia also has a full calendar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summe ... s#Calendar

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London 2012 (Official) - http://www.london2012.com/sports/
London 2012 (Wikipedia) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summe ... ics#Sports

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General Homepages
http://www.london2012.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics
http://www.londonolympics2012.com/

Schedules and Results
http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and- ... /list.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/201 ... le-results

Medal Count
http://www.london2012.com/medals/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/201 ... /countries

Venues
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/venues

Live Streaming
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video

Mobile Apps
http://www.london2012.com/mobileapps/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18810308

Facebook & Twitter
http://www.facebook.com/London2012
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Thanks to giga at Gaf, BBC, Wikipedia etc for the links. If you want me to add anything to the thread then let me know.

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Frank » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:49 am

This is the best thing to come out of the Olympics so far. The reviews are amazing.

Well that's gone and ruined the evening - five minutes after excitedly opening the official totalitarian toy of the 2012 Olympics and turning my back, the children are in tears and He-Man has sustained a fatal fall down the stairs.

Apparently he looked at Wenlock 'something funny'.

BTW. Just heard that my Group 4 Security action figures aren't going to arrive in time for the opening ceremony!

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Tomous » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:57 am

Staying in a hotel in Preston for a course.

Were some Team GB athletes at breakfast, all kitted out in their tracksuits. Haven't been able to work out which sport they're competing in though

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Spindash » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:06 pm

Tomous wrote:Team GB


*throws mug at monitor*

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Meep » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:08 pm

There's only one reason I would ever be interested in a women's football match. Got any pics?

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by abcd » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:09 pm

Great first post Monkey Man.

By all accounts, the open ceremony should be something very special.

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by Spindash » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:15 pm

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by Saint of Killers » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:17 pm

All those Olympics specific channels :o And selected highlights in 3D :mrgreen:

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by abcd » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:24 pm

The opening ceremony is being broadcast in 3D on BBCHD as well.

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by BTB » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:12 pm

Just seen that I'll be seeing USA v France and Spain v China in basketball on Sunday.

So glad to be seeing USA, their team is outrageous. Also one of the Chinese players is 219cm :shock:

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Lime » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:21 pm

Frank wrote:This is the best thing to come out of the Olympics so far. The reviews are amazing.

Well that's gone and ruined the evening - five minutes after excitedly opening the official totalitarian toy of the 2012 Olympics and turning my back, the children are in tears and He-Man has sustained a fatal fall down the stairs.

Apparently he looked at Wenlock 'something funny'.

BTW. Just heard that my Group 4 Security action figures aren't going to arrive in time for the opening ceremony!


Agreed:
I was deceived into purchasing this item by googling "one-eyed helmet".

All I can say is, it's NOT fit for purpose.

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by CuriousOyster » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:31 pm

Going to try get a ticket for Spain vs Japan and Honduras vs Morroco at the box office on Thursday. Bit late to be hoping to buy and get delivered by then. £20 for both, bargain.

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by melatonin » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:03 pm



:lol:

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by JChalmers » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:23 pm

Off to Mexico vs South Korea and Gabon vs Switzerland on Thursday at St James Park! Where all the action is going to be :datass:

To be fair it was a free ticket from a mate so I'm definitely up for a day off work, a few beers and then two games down at SJP for the Olympics :D

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by darksideby182 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:27 pm

Will be watching team GB at wembley against the UAE on sunday quite looking forward to it as i've not been to the new wembley.

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Spindash » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:57 pm

Also, just before this starts:

'Medal' is not a verb

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by Captain Kinopio » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:19 pm

Its going to be awesome

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PostRe: London 2012 - GB womens football kicks off on Wed
by Glowy69 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:25 pm

Is that Aussie bird in this?

Fabian Delph is a banana split.

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by Octoroc » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:27 pm

glowy69 wrote:Is that Aussie bird in this?


No.

So far this year, I have eaten NO mince pies.
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by Glowy69 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:28 pm

Octoroc wrote:
glowy69 wrote:Is that Aussie bird in this?


No.


I'm out.

Fabian Delph is a banana split.

Drumstick wrote:I'll go on record in stating that Villa won't finish inside the top 6 this season.

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